I've had my period since January 6!?!

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To me it sounds a little worrying, but it is true when the doctors say there is nothing they can do. It is a little unusual to bleed for that long.. and as to the changes in flow in the past 2 hours i would just see how things turn out, to be honest i would get a scan done to see that it is nothing to do with your internal organs and nothing has gone wrong. The strong pains are due to the contractions in the uterus trying to remove the blood, or it could be something else. I know it may be hard, but give it till next week and see if there are any changes in flow and pain, if there are i wouldn't go see anyone, but if there haven't been any changes call your doctor again and insist on a scan and some answers! The progerone injection is to induce a period, which is odd because it sounds like you already had one.. The pill however should help you out, it will help lighten and regulate your period and once your body gets used to it you should only bleed for around 3 days, which should be good for you. I am sorry i can't be of more help, because i can't run any tests. Ponstan is good for pain relief but you could get something stronger because ponstan should be taken before your period to stop the pain, so i would consider getting buscopan from the chemist or some ibuprofen (make sure you take them with food because it can cause some nausea). Get something warm to put on your stomach and sit down and watch a movie, take your mind off it and let your body sort itself out. Good luck

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Oh dear, poor you.

Firstly, you must be losing a lot of blood. You need to deal with that if you are not going back to the doctor (!). So then, drink plenty of fluids and eat lots of iron-rich foods (or take iron supplements). Otherwise you will get anemic (maybe you are a bit already).

Normally in these cases, estrogen is given for 2 weeks followed by progesterone injections (progerone) for 6 days in a row. So I am a bit confused when you say "injection" (singular). It sounds like your hormones were out of whack in the first place, and the treatment you had may have sent them further out of whack (except that you dont mention what BC pills and when, and also when the injection(s) were.) The withdrawal from progesterone after a single injection may well have made things worse, and altered your flow (one of the side effects).

You need to get your cycle back into balance. Bear in mind that this can take 2-3 months, as your body responds to both the hormones you produce yourself plus any that you take. The basics are this: rising estrogen stops your period at the beginning/first phase of the cycle, rising progesterone maintains your lining and prevents your period during the second phase of your cycle, and dropping progesterone (and to some extent, estrogen) initiates your period (third phase). I would not have given you progesterone if you were still bleeding after taking estrogen.

So then, my goal would be to stop your bleeding and this is what i would recommend. Take estrogen only (you don't mention what BC pills you were taking, perhaps they contain progesterone too or worse, only progesterone) until your periods stops. If the initial dose of estrogen did not stop your period I would increase the dosage until it did. I would continue estrogen for 7 days after your period stopped, and then wait to see how your own hormones kick in. Only if your period started immediately after withdrawal from estrogen, and if your progesterone levels were low, would I consider progesterone injections.

I don't know how you can achieve this without going back to the doctor (unless your BC pills are estrogen only and you still have some left). I can understand your reluctance as it sounds as if they have not been too helpful so far. Maybe find a new, more sympathetic doctor?